Long Trail Brewmaster Series Coffee Stout

Formerly brewed at Long Trail Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Bottle, sent as a trade extra by j12601. Thanks Jay! Pours black with a toasted brown head that settles out after a few minutes. Aroma is a medium roast coffee grounds and smoke. Flavor is mainly rich coffee, with undertones of anise and dark fruits. Finishes simple and dry. Very drinkable at 8%, a good dinner sipper paired with some red meat.

Nice stout, overall. The aroma is roasted coffee, some chocolate. The appearance is dark brown, light brown head. The flavor is roasted coffee, more chocolate, some hops, alcohol. The finish is hoppy for the style, resiny hops mainly. The mouthfeel is medium, relatively thin for the style. Decent overall, far from the best.

In short: A moderately roasted coffee stout with a nice bakery chocolate flavour. Good stuff
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed relatively fresh a few months after the beer release
The look: Black body topped by a small tan ring of foam
In long: Nose is roastiness and coffee. Body is rather full. Roastiness level is medium and gives the beer a pleasant semi-dry feeling. As the beer warmed up more and more bakery chocolate flavours blended in to the point of being almost nose-to-nose with the coffee. A nice tobacco-like hops presence in the back. Also unexpected light notes of hickory chips. The usually boring Long Trail are really surprising me with their new Brewmaster Series (The Double IPA was kick-ass too). That brewery used to be like an asian driver but not anymore. Now they really know where they’re going.

Draught. Poured pitch black with a tan ring of head. Redolent of roasted malt, coffee, brown sugar and heavily earthy and oak. Flavor is strongly coffee, roast malt, some licorice, vanilla, and lots of oak. Palate is medium bodied with clean carbonated finish that is somewhat warming.

Bottle (660ml) shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, GregClow & tupalev -- c/o HogTownHarry. Pours black with a large fluffy light-brown head. Aroma of roasted malt along some coffee and chocolate. Flavour’s roasty, quite malty along with coffee, a bit of alcohol and some chocolate. Slightly dry bitter finish. medium bodied. A pretty good Impy Stout.

Bomber. Pours very black with a nice tan colored head that leaves pretty lacing. Aroma is surprisingly not that coffee-esque. Traditional (Imperial) stout qualities are present but the coffee is muted. Cocoa powder, chocolate, a bit of coffee, cherry, vanilla and hops? maybe. The warmer this gets the coffee comes out, similar in character to Speedway though not as intense. Somewhat Dark Lord-like in its coffee character as well. Overall a pleasant aroma. Flavor is smooth with some coffee and chocolate notes though it is not too intense. Not very roasty, no astringency either. If anything a bit watery. Easy drinking. This seems like it’s on the line of imperial stout and regular so I’ll cut it some slack. Some more body would be nice though. A quality effort anyways.

22 oz bomber....one of many times drinking this beer, had it on tap and bottled. This is my favorite beer. Unbelievable. Pours pitch-black with a coffee colored head that fades kinda quickly. It literally smells like coffee + cream. Taste is even better...coffee, cream, a little chocolate, roast flavors. I don’t know what else to say about it, but I’ve had a lot of beers, and this is the only beer that I buy EVERY TIME I see it in the store. It’s that good.

Graciously shared by sflpunk. Black pour with a nice sized brown head- looks really nice. Aroma is heavy with coffee and also laced with cream and chocolate notes. Flavor is very tasty- lots of coffee, cream, and a bit of vanilla. Palate is soft and not as thick as many imp. stouts, but beautifully drinkable. Easily Long Trail’s best offering to date, quite a nice brew.